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Along with the former Majestic Theatre (better known as the Roxy Theatre), the Princess Theatre was one of the earlier legitimate theaters opened on Springfield’s Fifth Street, in 1884, the same year as the Majestic Theatre.

Later, like the Majestic Theatre, the Princess Theatre switched to vaudeville, and after that, to movies.

By the 1920’s, it was renamed the Fox Theatre, and in the 1930’s, became the Lincoln Theatre.

When it closed in 1976, the Lincoln Theatre had been screening adult fare for several years.

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The April 3, 1920 issue of Motion Picture News said that the Princess Theatre in Springfield, Illinois (though the headline mistakenly identified the city as Springfield, Massachusetts) was being expanded and remodeled with plans by the architectural firm of Bullard & Bullard. A Web page about the firm reveals that they were also the original architects of the building.